Princeton Heights, St. Louis
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Princeton Heights is an older South St. Louis residential neighborhood. Princeton Heights has many features of a homey small town, but it happens to be in a big city, the City of St Louis Missouri. Who lives here, all kinds of people, but mostly "working families" and "retired families" and some "professionals"? If you seek a neighborhood where people still sit out on porches, hang laundry in the back yard and chat over back fences about the upcoming church picnic, this is the place, the Princeton Heights Neighborhood.
Many residents here, like me, wondered "Why the heck did they call it Princeton Heights?" No princes or universities here, although the ground is high as we discovered during the 'Flood of 93'. Well, the name "Princeton" came from the old deeds from the neighborhood named Princeton Place Subdivision or Addition, and Princeton Place Addition obtained its name from the Princeton Creamery on Kingshighway Boulevard just north of Gravois. Its outer edge on the west is rather closely paralleled by the River des Peres drainage works, whose valley creates a general downward slope to the west over much of the area. In earlier years Princeton Heights was drained by small creeks, one being Glaise Creek, which flowed into the River des Peres near the present location of Loughborough Avenue, south into the River des Peres ditch. Elsewhere the topography is quite rolling in character, with a high ridge crossing through the eastern portion of Kingshighway. Maybe that's where the "Heights" comes from. Now we have "Princeton", just add the "Heights" from the high ground and we have created the name, Princeton Heights.
Around 1900, when this area was mostly farmland, it was Gardenville. The community was known as Gardenville, acquiring its name in the beginning from the beautiful bounteous garden truck farms in the south area of the City of St. Louis Missouri when Gardenville was the center of the universe and before the world became urbanized. Produce farmers grew their goods here and then trucked them a few miles away to the Soulard Market, near downtown St. Louis or they hauled their tomatoes, carrots, and melons through the City's neighborhoods as produce hucksters. But as St. Louis grew, housing took over all the old fruit and vegetable plots.
By 1920 most of the farms were gone. We still have our backyard tomato mavens, of course, but we're pretty urban now. Princeton Heights has come a long way from the old dirt roads of long ago. One can still find remnants of old Gardenville in place names here in The Princeton Heights Neighborhood. The place names are Gardenville Street, Gardenville School, and not far outside Princeton Heights' official boundaries there's the Gardenville Masonic Lodge in Affton. There was a time in the Princeton Heights Neighborhood history when Bonita was known as Wiesehahn, Eichelberger was known as Clark Road, Gresham was known as Kaiser, Holly Hills was known as Kansas, Nagel was known as Brunzwick, and Sunshine was known as Upton. There were street names such as Mecklenburg, Bewen, Helvetia, Brunswick, Korn and Wisehann that have now cease to exist and in 1947, Wilmore Park was created from the old Ellebeck's Farm.
The mission of Princeton Heights Neighborhood Association is to enhance the quality of life and provide neighborhood services, recreation and a variety of other services for the residents and businesses of the neighborhood within its boundaries.
The purpose and objectives of Princeton Heights Neighborhood Association is to
Safeguard the general welfare of the homeowners and residents.
Advocate and work for the improvement and betterment of the neighborhood.
Educate the residents about keeping their property in acceptable condition.
Maintain and enhance residential and business property values regarding property located
in the neighborhood.
Rehabilitate properties and to construct new improvements upon properties within the
neighborhood.
Educate the area residents in the appreciation of the arts within the neighborhood.
Assist in the development of the youth of the neighborhood.
Assist the needy and unfortunate residents within the neighborhood.
Assist the victims of natural disasters of the neighborhood.
The association is a not-for-profit, non-partisan, and non-sectarian neighborhood organization.
Princeton Heights Neighborhood our meeting place is at Redeemer Evangelical Church of Christ
(fellowship hall) 6450 S. Kingshighway St. Louis, Mo. 63116, at the corner of South Kingshighway and Schollmeyer just one block north of Gravois and S. Kingshighway. The meetings are the first Thursday of each month at 7pm, except for January, February, July and August. Our guest speakers will be the local aldermen, the local area police public representative and the City of St. Louis Neighborhood Stabilization Officer. You are invited to become involved and learn about your neighborhood and keep up to date on the happenings of Princeton Heights Neighborhood.
Come and meet your neighbor. Come and join Princeton Heights Neighborhood Association's
activities.
Princeton Heights Neighborhood Association's
official mailing address is
PRINCETON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
4735 ALMA
ST. LOUIS, MO. 63116
Princeton Heights is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri
. The neighborhood boundaries are defined as Hampton Boulevard on the west, Eichelberger on the north, Christy Boulevard on the east, and Gravois on the south.
Many residents here, like me, wondered "Why the heck did they call it Princeton Heights?" No princes or universities here, although the ground is high as we discovered during the 'Flood of 93'. Well, the name "Princeton" came from the old deeds from the neighborhood named Princeton Place Subdivision or Addition, and Princeton Place Addition obtained its name from the Princeton Creamery on Kingshighway Boulevard just north of Gravois. Its outer edge on the west is rather closely paralleled by the River des Peres drainage works, whose valley creates a general downward slope to the west over much of the area. In earlier years Princeton Heights was drained by small creeks, one being Glaise Creek, which flowed into the River des Peres near the present location of Loughborough Avenue, south into the River des Peres ditch. Elsewhere the topography is quite rolling in character, with a high ridge crossing through the eastern portion of Kingshighway. Maybe that's where the "Heights" comes from. Now we have "Princeton", just add the "Heights" from the high ground and we have created the name, Princeton Heights.
Around 1900, when this area was mostly farmland, it was Gardenville. The community was known as Gardenville, acquiring its name in the beginning from the beautiful bounteous garden truck farms in the south area of the City of St. Louis Missouri when Gardenville was the center of the universe and before the world became urbanized. Produce farmers grew their goods here and then trucked them a few miles away to the Soulard Market, near downtown St. Louis or they hauled their tomatoes, carrots, and melons through the City's neighborhoods as produce hucksters. But as St. Louis grew, housing took over all the old fruit and vegetable plots.
By 1920 most of the farms were gone. We still have our backyard tomato mavens, of course, but we're pretty urban now. Princeton Heights has come a long way from the old dirt roads of long ago. One can still find remnants of old Gardenville in place names here in The Princeton Heights Neighborhood. The place names are Gardenville Street, Gardenville School, and not far outside Princeton Heights' official boundaries there's the Gardenville Masonic Lodge in Affton. There was a time in the Princeton Heights Neighborhood history when Bonita was known as Wiesehahn, Eichelberger was known as Clark Road, Gresham was known as Kaiser, Holly Hills was known as Kansas, Nagel was known as Brunzwick, and Sunshine was known as Upton. There were street names such as Mecklenburg, Bewen, Helvetia, Brunswick, Korn and Wisehann that have now cease to exist and in 1947, Wilmore Park was created from the old Ellebeck's Farm.
The mission of Princeton Heights Neighborhood Association is to enhance the quality of life and provide neighborhood services, recreation and a variety of other services for the residents and businesses of the neighborhood within its boundaries.
The purpose and objectives of Princeton Heights Neighborhood Association is to
Safeguard the general welfare of the homeowners and residents.
Advocate and work for the improvement and betterment of the neighborhood.
Educate the residents about keeping their property in acceptable condition.
Maintain and enhance residential and business property values regarding property located
in the neighborhood.
Rehabilitate properties and to construct new improvements upon properties within the
neighborhood.
Educate the area residents in the appreciation of the arts within the neighborhood.
Assist in the development of the youth of the neighborhood.
Assist the needy and unfortunate residents within the neighborhood.
Assist the victims of natural disasters of the neighborhood.
The association is a not-for-profit, non-partisan, and non-sectarian neighborhood organization.
Princeton Heights Neighborhood our meeting place is at Redeemer Evangelical Church of Christ
(fellowship hall) 6450 S. Kingshighway St. Louis, Mo. 63116, at the corner of South Kingshighway and Schollmeyer just one block north of Gravois and S. Kingshighway. The meetings are the first Thursday of each month at 7pm, except for January, February, July and August. Our guest speakers will be the local aldermen, the local area police public representative and the City of St. Louis Neighborhood Stabilization Officer. You are invited to become involved and learn about your neighborhood and keep up to date on the happenings of Princeton Heights Neighborhood.
Come and meet your neighbor. Come and join Princeton Heights Neighborhood Association's
activities.
Princeton Heights Neighborhood Association's
official mailing address is
PRINCETON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
4735 ALMA
ST. LOUIS, MO. 63116
Princeton Heights is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
. The neighborhood boundaries are defined as Hampton Boulevard on the west, Eichelberger on the north, Christy Boulevard on the east, and Gravois on the south.